Flipper: Not able to generate the release build

[TakeoffAndroid]

I am not able to generate the release build with all debug configuration in place. I am getting following error when I try to generate the signed apk.

Unresolved reference: utils |  
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Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: plugins |  
Unresolved reference: soloader |  
Unresolved reference: SoLoader |  
Unresolved reference: FlipperUtils |  
Unresolved reference: InspectorFlipperPlugin |  
Unresolved reference: DescriptorMapping |  
Unresolved reference: NetworkFlipperPlugin |  
Unresolved reference: DatabasesFlipperPlugin |  
Unresolved reference: SharedPreferencesFlipperPlugin |  
Unresolved reference: LeakCanaryFlipperPlugin |  
Unresolved reference: CrashReporterPlugin |  

My init configuration in application class is

 SoLoader.init(this, false)
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG && FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(this)) {
            val client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(this)
            client.addPlugin(InspectorFlipperPlugin(this, DescriptorMapping.withDefaults()))
            val networkFlipperPlugin = NetworkFlipperPlugin()
            client.addPlugin(networkFlipperPlugin)
            client.addPlugin(DatabasesFlipperPlugin(this))
            client.addPlugin(SharedPreferencesFlipperPlugin(this, PREF_FILE_NAME))
            client.addPlugin(LeakCanaryFlipperPlugin())
            client.addPlugin(CrashReporterPlugin.getInstance())
            client.start()
        }

Note: All the dependencies are debug implementation as mentioned in the getting started flipper guide.. https://fbflipper.com/docs/getting-started.html

[jknoxville]

Hi, I think we'll need a bit more context to help with that. Do you get line numbers where these things are being referenced?

[vokilam]

With setup configuration we have in docs

dependencies {
  debugImplementation 'com.facebook.flipper:flipper:0.27.0'
  debugImplementation 'com.facebook.soloader:soloader:0.5.1'

  releaseImplementation 'com.facebook.flipper:flipper-noop:0.27.0'
}

following references will be unresolved when compiling release build:

@Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    SoLoader.init(this, false);
    ^

    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG && FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(this)) {
                             ^
      final FlipperClient client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(this);
      client.addPlugin(new InspectorFlipperPlugin(this, DescriptorMapping.withDefaults()));
                           ^                            ^
      client.start();
    }
  }

Obviously, this is because no-op dependency only mocks AndroidFlipperClient, FlipperClient and FlipperPlugin.

[hexlay]

Exact same problem with docs only configuration...

[passy]

This is expected. If you rely on release and debug flavours, you must ensure to only access those symbols from the corresponding build variant. I.e. if you want to access a particular plugin like InspectorFlipperPlugin, this can only happen from src/debug/java/... and not src/main/java/... or src/release/java/....

[ritwik-shanker]

This is expected. If you rely on release and debug flavours, you must ensure to only access those symbols from the corresponding build variant. I.e. if you want to access a particular plugin like InspectorFlipperPlugin, this can only happen from src/debug/java/... and not src/main/java/... or src/release/java/....

@passy I've been trying to find a good article for this but i'm not able to find one. Is there a way to setup src/debug/java and src/main/java? I am stuck on this for the last 2 days. Also is a noop version available for NetworkFlipperPlugin